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For Immediate Release // Thursday, February 23, 2012 Contact // Sarah Kezele ([email protected]) Tournament Contact // Kirk Reynolds ([email protected]) BOISE STATE HOSTS 2012 PAC-12 WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS The 50th annual Pac-12 Conference Wrestling Championships hosted by Boise State will be held at Taco Bell Arena on Sun., Feb. 26. Individual Conference titles in 10 weight classes and the overall team title will be up for grabs at the one-day tournament. The Championships are divided into two sessions, culminating with the !nals matches Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. MT. Session I begins at 11 a.m. MT. The Broncos are the defending Conference champions and have won three of the past four Conference titles. Fourteen individuals are nationally ranked in their respective weight classes in the InterMat Top-20, including Stanford’s Nick Amuchastegui, who is the top-ranked 174-pounder in the country. Oregon State enters the competition ranked 16th nation- ally by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. 2012 PAC-12 WRESTLING STANDINGS Overall Pac-12 W L T PCT. W L T PCT. Oregon State 10 3 0 .769 5 0 0 1.000 Stanford 8 8 0 .500 3 2 0 .600 Cal Poly 5 6 0 .455 3 2 0 .600 Arizona State 7 10 0 .412 3 2 0 .600 Boise State 4 9 0 .308 1 5 0 .167 CSU Bakers!eld 2 7 0 .222 0 5 0 .000 TOURNAMENT FIELD There will be six institutions competing for the Conference SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Championship: Session I of Pac-12 Wrestling Championships Arizona State 11:00 a.m. Session I Begins Boise State 2:00 p.m. Break - Arena cleared Cal Poly Session II of Pac-12 Wrestling Championships CSU Bakers!eld 3:00 p.m. Doors Reopen Oregon State 4:00 p.m. Session II Begins Stanford Pac-12 Wrestling Championship Finals TICKET INFORMATION 5:30 p.m. Finals Begin Tickets for the 2012 Pac-12 Wrestling Championships are 6:30 p.m. Awards start (individual awards available through the Boise State Athletic Of!ce. Orders can given after each event) be placed online at www.broncosports.com. 7:30 p.m. Estimated start of team awards presentation TYPE Price General Admission All-Session Pass $30 COVERAGE Child/Student/Senior All-Session Pass $20 Live bracket updates and video of the event will be available Session I General Admission Tickets $20 at broncosports.com. The live stream will also be available Session I Child/Student/Senior Tickets $15 at Pac-12.org on the Conference’s Wrestling Championships Session II General Admission Tickets $20 page: http://www.pac-12.org/SPORTS/Wrestling/Championships.aspx Session II Child/Student/Senior Tickets $15 AT STAKE ALL-TIME The individual championship for each of the 10 weight classes is not the only PAC-12 CHAMPIONS thing at stake on Sunday: individual wrestlers are !ghting for good positioning for the national at-large selection to earn a trip to the 2012 NCAA Division I YEAR TEAM Championships held March 15-17 in St. Louis, Mo. The 40 at-large quali!ers 1963 Washington State 1964 UCLA will be announced by the NCAA on March 7. 1965 Oregon State 1966 Oregon State The NCAA has announced how many wrestlers per weight class from the 1967 Oregon State Pac-12 will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships in St. Louis: 1968 Oregon State 125-2, 133-2, 141-2, 149-1, 157-2, 165-1, 174-2, 184-2, 197-3 and HWT-2. 1969 Oregon State The league has a total of 19 automatic quali!ers available based on Sunday’s 1970 Oregon State results. 1971 Washington 1972 Oregon State Wrestlers can still qualify for the NCAA Championships, but those placements 1973 Oregon State will be announced upon the completion of all postseason tournaments. 1974 Washington 1975 Oregon 1976 Oregon State TOURNAMENT HISTORY 1977 Oregon State Oregon State leads the Pac-12 all-time with 18 titles. Arizona State trails with 1978 Oregon State 16. Since 2000, Boise State and ASU have dominated the mat, winning 10 of 1979 Oregon State the last 12 Conference crowns. The Broncos have won three of the past four 1980 Arizona State Conference championships. 1981 Oregon 1982 Oregon AT TACO BELL ARENA AT BOISE STATE 1983 Oregon State The Boise State wrestling team hosts the 2012 Pac-12 Conference Cham- 1984 Oregon State pionships Sunday, Feb. 26 at legendary Taco Bell Arena. The !rst session is 1985 Arizona State 1986 Arizona State scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. MT. 1987 Arizona State 1988 Arizona State ROUND RESULTS 1989 Arizona State Updated results and brackets will be posted on pac-12.org, where a Wres- 1990 Arizona State tling Championships page has been set up to feature updated brackets, 1991 Arizona State standings and photos from the event. 1992 Oregon State 1993 Arizona State WEBCAST 1994 Oregon State Live bracket updates and video of the event will be available at 1995 Arizona State broncosports.com. The live stream will also be available at Pac-12.org on 1996 CSU Bakers!eld 1997 Arizona State the Conference’s Wrestling Championships page: http://www.pac-12.org/ 1998 Arizona State SPORTS/Wrestling/Championships.aspx 1999 CSU Bakers!eld 2000 Boise State 2001 Arizona State 2002 Boise State 2003 Arizona State 2004 Boise State 2005 Arizona State 2006 Arizona State 2007 Oregon State 2008 Boise State 2009 Boise State 2010 Oregon State 2011 Boise State PAC-12 WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS // Feburary 23, 2011 2 PAC-12 COACHES’ NATIONAL RANKINGS PANEL RANKINGS The following is the Feb. 21 edition of the NWCA/USA Today Division I Top-25 national (Feb. 14) team rankings. Also listed are the Coaches’ Panel Rankings for each weight class, The Pac-12 coaches’ panel ranks the top six along with where Pac-12 wrestlers rank in the InterMat Top-20. wrestlers in each weight class on a weekly basis. The top five are listed below. 125 POUNDS 1. Ryan Mango, Stanford NWCA/USA Today 2. Pat Rollins, Oregon State 3. Tyler Iwamura, CSU Bakers!eld Division I Top-25 Rankings 4. David Prado, Arizona State Feb. 21, 2012 5. Britain Longmire, Cal Poly Rank School W-L Points Prev. 1. Minnesota (9) 14-3 249 3 133 POUNDS 2. Penn State (1) 13-1 236 2 1. Brian Owen, Boise State 3. Oklahoma State 16-1 232 1 2. Frank Lomas, CSU Bakers!eld 4. Iowa 14-4 221 4 3. Shane McGough, Arizona State 5. Illinois 16-4 208 5 4. Garrett Drucker, Oregon State 6. Cornell 11-1 197 T-6 5. Jake Tannenbaum, Cal Poly 7. Ohio State 13-4 194 T-6 8. Nebraska 15-4 176 8 141 POUNDS 9. Pittsburgh 14-2 160 9 1. Boris Novachkov, Cal Poly 10. Missouri 13-4 157 10 2. Michael Mangrum, Oregon State 11. Wyoming 10-3 150 11 3. Nathan Hoffer, Arizona State 4. Josh Strait, Boise State 12. Oklahoma 13-5 143 12 5. Dalton Kelly, CSU Bakers!eld 13. Kent State 14-5 128 13 14. Michigan 6-6 125 14 149 POUNDS 15. Lehigh 12-5 112 15 1. Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State 16. OREGON STATE 10-3 99 16 2. Joel Smith, Arizona State 17. Maryland 15-1 91 17 3. Kyle Chene, Cal Poly 18. Northwestern 11-4 77 18 4. Steven Hernandez, Boise State 19. Binghamton 15-4 71 19 5. Erik Martinez, CSU Bakers!eld 20. Virginia 11-1 70 21 T-21. Edinboro 9-4 35 20 157 POUNDS T-21. Virginia Tech 8-6 35 22 1. George Ivanov, Boise State 23. Hofstra 12-3 32 24 2. Roger Pena, Oregon State 24. Old Dominion 13-10 14 23 3. Garrett Schaner, Stanford 25. Purdue 10-10 12 NR 4. Travis Rasmussen, Cal Poly 5. Anthony Box, CSU Bakers!eld 165 POUNDS 1. Adam Fierro, CSU Bakers!eld 2. Michael Cuthbertson, Boise State PAC-12 IN THE INTERMAT TOP-20 NATIONAL RANKINGS 3. Bret Baumbach, Stanford 4. Paul Woodman, Cal Poly 125 POUNDS 165 POUNDS 5. Rush Hall, Arizona State 1. Matt McDonough, Iowa 1. David Taylor, Penn State 5. Ryan Mango, Stanford 174 POUNDS 174 POUNDS 1. Nick Amuchastegui, Stanford 133 POUNDS 1. Nick Amuchastegui, Stanford 2. Ryan DesRoches, Cal Poly 1. Jordan Oliver, Oklahoma State 7. Ryan DesRoches, Cal Poly 3. Eric Starks, Arizona State 4. Scotty Bacon, Boise State 141 POUNDS 184 POUNDS 5. Brady Garner, CSU Bakers!eld 1. Kellen Russell, Michigan 1. Joe LeBlanc, Wyoming 2. Boris Novachkov, Cal Poly 10. Jake Swartz, Boise State 184 POUNDS 6. Mike Mangrum, Oregon State 1. Jake Swartz, Boise State 197 POUNDS 2. Kevin Radford, Arizona State 149 POUNDS 1. Cam Simaz, Cornell 3. Spence Patrick, Stanford 1. Frank Molinaro, Penn State 16. Taylor Meeks, Oregon State 4. Sean Dougherty, Cal Poly 17. Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State 19. Ryan Smith, Cal Poly 5. Ty Vinson, Oregon State 20. Brent Chriswell, Boise State 157 POUNDS 197 POUNDS 1. Kyle Dake, Cornell HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Taylor Meeks, Oregon State 12. George Ivanov, Boise State 1. Ryan Flores, American 2. Ryan Smith, Cal Poly 17. RJ Pena, Oregon State 4. Clayton Jack, Oregon State 3. Brent Chriswell, Boise State 9. Levi Cooper, Arizona State 4. Aaron Brown, CSU Bakers!eld 5. Chace Eskam, Arizona State HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Clayton Jack, Oregon State 2. Levi Cooper, Arizona State 3. Dan Scherer, Stanford 4. Atticus Disney, Cal Poly 5. JT Felix, Boise State PAC-12 WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS // February 23, 2011 3 2011 PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP BOISE STATE won its sixth Pac-10 Wrestling Championship and the third in the last four years by outdistancing second-place OREGON STATE, 147.0-137.5.